Importance of Yoga in daily life!!

Yoga is a religion-free practice. Only spirituality is our religion. We are cosmic beings related through spiritual forces.

Around the world these days, yoga has become quite popular. We may find many people practicing yoga during morning or evening hours. Some may be practicing meditation techniques and some give importance to the breathing practices.

Some geeks may associate yoga with mysticism and may be looking forward to meeting an ascetic. Most people feel that yoga teachers may be ascetic and so maybe living on the bare minimum. Some may want to remove dependencies from their life, so practice yoga.

But what is the actual purpose of this ancient science. “Patanjali’s yoga sutra”, a book written by the primordial yoga guru Patanjali says “ Yoga’s Chitta Vritti nirodha”. This means ‘setting the mind free of all the limitations’. Is this really possible? 

Well the answer is like the book 50 shades of grey!

Yoga is about being open and receptive to life. So yogis understand that yoga in daily life involves imbalance. As life is in flux so how can you expect it to be the same every day all day. Change is part of life. Accepting this I would like to say that do yoga daily as “imbalance” means “I-AM-BALANCE”; isn’t it great! 

How yoga helps in daily life?

·       It helps you in setting up realistic goals.

·       It makes you feel calm, centered and focused.

·       It keeps your energy aligned.

·       The asana makes your body flexible.

·       A flexible body indicates a flexible mind.

·       Free falling body in space, opens your mind.

·       Heals the parasympathetic system.

Do we ever get aligned with the cosmic energy?

Yes, once you start practicing yoga, you do get aligned with the cosmic energy and often receive information about your next move. Intuition gets developed and you feel more aligned to the universe. Some miracles happen. 

You can look for the famous doctrine “spiritual reality: journey within” where some benefits of yoga have been revealed. The movie tells us about what are the spiritual, mental and emotional benefits of yoga practice? and how the energies change when we start the practice. It also reveals that when in balance the “prana shakti” flows freely through your body and all the fatal ailments are dissolved.

Following the various practices of yoga, which include asana, Pranayam, Mudra and Bandha, the body is healed. A healed body is prepared for higher sadhana such as Dhayan. Mastering dhayan one becomes ready for Samadhi.